Francis Tresham
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Francis Tresham was a member of the group of English provincial Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to assassinate King James I of England.
Francis Tresham Plotter
Rushton Hall
An anonymous letter sent to William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, was instrumental in revealing the existence of the plot. The identity of its author has never been reliably established.
Tresham died in the Tower of London from natural causes.
Guy Fawkes
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Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated i
Francis Tresham
…1602 and 1603 he was involved in the missions to Catholic Spain made by Thomas Wintour, Anthony Dutton (possibly an alias of Christopher Wright) and Guy Fawkes, later dubbed by the English government as the Spanish Treason. However, upon James's accession to the throne, he told Thomas Wintour (secretary to…
An engraving of Fawkes from 1605
Fawkes was baptised on 16 April 1570 at the church of St Michael le Belfrey, York, next to York Minster (seen at left).
Engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by Crispijn van de Passe. Fawkes is third from the right.
The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (c. 1823), by Henry Perronet Briggs